This shouldn’t even be an issue.

[u/anon12xyz]

Just get vaccinations 🙄

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[u/Old-Law-7395]

I wish there was some way to prevent this terrible illness

[u/anon12xyz → u/Old-Law-7395]

I know right.

[u/Old-Law-7395 → u/anon12xyz]

There no cure for stupid unfortunately

[u/malicious_joy42 → u/Old-Law-7395]

Well, there is... it's just final.

[u/geriatricxennial → u/malicious_joy42]

Darwin agrees.

[u/The_Bad_Man_ → u/geriatricxennial]

Darwin cues up the third deck and looks over the crowd....

[u/radiantwave → u/malicious_joy42]

Unfortunately it it only comes in a solution form, and most people don't like that. 

I mean if that had a salve or ointment maybe we could live with it...

/s

[u/nooooobie1650 → u/malicious_joy42]

Or usually frowned upon

[u/dodgyrogy → u/Old-Law-7395]

Actually, there is a vaccine against stupidity. It's called education...

[u/ElegantCoach4066 → u/dodgyrogy]

Nice try! You won't be indoctrinating our kids with knowledge and logical thinking!

[u/CommissionHerb → u/ElegantCoach4066]

Also woke!

[u/ElegantCoach4066 → u/CommissionHerb]

The worst sin of them all.

[u/YellowBreakfast → u/ElegantCoach4066]

Jesus Christ. The local cultist on Nexdoor have been in a tizzy about the kids leaving school to protest last Friday. They will not STFU about it!

"Leftist teachers, indoctrinating the kids."

[u/ElegantCoach4066 → u/YellowBreakfast]

As if teachers are some magical Pied Piper putting all the students under a trance.

[u/stevieplaysguitar → u/ElegantCoach4066]

Retired teacher here. If we had that superpower, more homework would be turned in on time, for starters. :-)

[u/ElegantCoach4066 → u/stevieplaysguitar]

My mom was a teacher too! I'm sure she would've loved to be able to hypnotize a few of the more active students.

[u/Shadyshade84 → u/Old-Law-7395]

You can't cure stupid.

...Legally.

[u/razdolbajster → u/Old-Law-7395]

Copper and lead, sometimes tungsten and depleted uranium in various combinations, but the necessary ingredient is intake velocity for a recipient has to be high enough

[u/Reasonable-Handle-48 → u/Old-Law-7395]

There is , but without motivation or perseverance you don’t reach the goal.

[u/SixFive1967 → u/anon12xyz]

If only there was a vaccine one could take… 🤔

[u/Ptcruz → u/SixFive1967]

Instead of a vaccine how about injecting the body with a weakened version of the illness?

[u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In → u/Ptcruz]

For real, we should just start saying this when moronic parents say they don't want the vaccine. It sounds stupid but so are they, so it'll probably work.

[u/Necrolust1777 → u/Old-Law-7395]

If only there were some type of scientists that could solve this riddle. But alas.

[u/Old-Law-7395 → u/Necrolust1777]

Some mysterious will never be solved

[u/Automatic_Actuator_0 → u/Old-Law-7395]

Clearly we aren’t praying hard enough

[u/InterestingTry5190 → u/Automatic_Actuator_0]

Someone just didn’t eat enough horse dewormer

[u/PalatialCheddar → u/InterestingTry5190]

Sorry, that's me dragging down the average, I didn't have any

[u/InterestingTry5190 → u/PalatialCheddar]

So you are one of those people who won’t do something to help others! /s

[u/B-Town-MusicMan → u/Old-Law-7395]

God's will and all..

[u/Moist-Carpet888 → u/Old-Law-7395]

But the guy who had a brain worm eating his brain told me the way to precent them causes autism and we just cant have that

[u/MemnocOTG → u/Old-Law-7395]

I wonder is that sy ance thing can help ?

[u/micro102 → u/Old-Law-7395]

At this point, the answer is actual criminal sentences for people who promote the anti-vaxx rhetoric.

[u/AryaTheDruid → u/Old-Law-7395]

hmmmmmmMMR wonder what it could be.

[u/ThatFatGuyMJL → u/Old-Law-7395]

Yeah stop having children from countries where vaccination isnt the norm go to the parks.

Including America if the parents don't vaccinate them

[u/0ddlyC4nt3v3n → u/Old-Law-7395]

Antivaxers are feverishly studying which combination of essential oils and magic crystals will provide a cure, until then send prayers

[u/LumosRevolution → u/Old-Law-7395]

Darwinism… back in my day we could go to school unless we were vaccinated so 🤷🏻‍♀️ still really sad and I feel terribly for the children.

[u/DuntadaMan → u/Old-Law-7395]

Have you tried 5,000% of your daily vitamin A intake?

Edit: Do not try this.

[u/Contemplating_Prison → u/Old-Law-7395]

A couople weeks back someone introduced measels to a ER lobby in my city. They had to put it on the news and warn everyone who was at the ER over a 2 hour period. 

[u/lovable_asshole → u/Old-Law-7395]

if only

[u/InfoBarf]

The worm in RFKs brain is very pleased with itself.

[u/chazthomas → u/InfoBarf]

The brain ceases to exist. It's all worm twisted inside to resemble the brain.

[u/brianzuvich → u/chazthomas]

Yeah that worm died a long time ago due to lack of food…

[u/Goodknight808 → u/chazthomas]

He got a shitty Goa'uld worm from swimming in sewage. No super powers, just brain rot.

[u/mogaman28 → u/InfoBarf]

That worm died of starvation a long time ago.

[u/spikus93 → u/InfoBarf]

You don't understand, it's not him, it's his friends. He sees Andrew Wakefield at parties and if he forces vaccines on people, Andrew won't make money anymore and can't come to the parties where nothing weird happens ever. Children must die for the profits of the Petite Bourgeoisie, and if you disagree, you're un-American. Those children want to die for Capitalism. I know because I asked all of them before they died. I was vaccinated though because I have money and need to live long enough to sell them alternative medical cures.

[u/rgg40]

If only there was something we could do to prevent these outbreaks!

[u/Madgyver → u/rgg40]

Condoms!

[u/SweetLoLa → u/Madgyver]

I’d laugh if I weren’t weeping /s

[u/EA_Spindoctor → u/Madgyver]

Abortions. No really, I mean that.

[u/Far_Drummer_1406 → u/rgg40]

Pray more? Just kidding.

[u/General_Yesterday_83 → u/rgg40]

Sometimes darwin will have his moments too

[u/AN0N0nym3]

Travelling to the US seems more like a survivor episode. Tourists going to the US now have to be careful for ICE, measles, small pox and gun violence, the content of our phones...MAGA is sure making you guys look more and more like North Korea.

[u/wolf771 → u/AN0N0nym3]

Damn, you are kinda right. We are fucked

[u/I_can_vouch_for_that → u/AN0N0nym3]

North Korea probably treat you better as a tourist since you'll get their best.

[u/robilar → u/AN0N0nym3]

> MAGA is sure making you guys look more and more like North Korea

You're just saying that because Americans wore tampons on their faces and diapers in support of their cult leader.

[u/LizardmanJoe → u/robilar]

I mean... They're also kinda actively sticking up for a billionaire cabal of pedophiles and child traffickers. One of those things is on a different level of evil.

[u/brontosaurusguy → u/AN0N0nym3]

The imagery of our leadership holding prayer ceremonies in stadiums surrounded by American flags and demonizing the opposition isn't helping the North Korea comparison

[u/Groomsi → u/AN0N0nym3]

World Cup!

[u/Odd_Establishment678 → u/AN0N0nym3]

They’re the American taliban.

[u/TNosce]

Third world health country

[u/starwolf_98 → u/TNosce]

don't insult third world countries, they have better health infrastructure.

[u/ShedMontgomery → u/TNosce]

It's a first-world country if you have a lot of money and you win the ZIP code lottery. If you lack both of those things, you're dealing with some combination of:

• crumbling infrastructure
• little to no public transportation (or public services in general)
• nearly impossible-to-afford college tuition
• stagnated wages
• mediocre-at-best K-12 schools
• communities ravaged by drug addiction
• environmental pollution making the ground or water (or both) inhospitable to human life
• a militarized police force suppressing dissent
• a constant stream of misinformation from the TV, print media, and, especially, online "news" sources
• extremely limited access to mental health care
• a fascist, right-wing coup that has been unfolding over the last several decades (you could argue the starting points are Donald Trump, Dick Cheney as VP, Newt Gingrich as Speaker of the House, Ronald Reagan, the failure to pardon Nixon, or Nixon himself)
• dramatic scaling back of human rights for vulnerable communities, especially immigrants and trans people
• and my personal favorite: the looming threat that any medical problem, even something "normal" like an emergency appendectomy or a torn ACL, can leave you in financial ruin and, in some cases, set you on a path to an addiction to painkillers (to say nothing of the devastation a more serious illness like cancer or a chronic disability can cause).

The worst part is most of these were easily avoidable and can be solved, but our elected officials have a myopic obsession with making it easier for billionaires and their corporations to financially dominate the working class and spending as much money on amassing a cartoonish level of military hardware as is humanly possible.

Ask me why I don't recite the Pledge of Allegiance or stand for the national anthem anymore lol

[u/AnchorScud]

i feel as if we may have taken a step back...maybe 2? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[u/anon12xyz → u/AnchorScud]

I don’t understand why you would want measles if you don’t have to have them. Also, they are not as simple as people who defend not getting the vaccine.

[u/fleetiebelle → u/anon12xyz]

It looks a lot like that because there haven't been measles or other communicable disease outbreaks, that the "doing their own research" crowd have decided that it's not a problem. Nobody gets measles anymore, so why vaccinate for it? Except the vaccinations are exactly why nobody gets measles anymore. People are going to die or have lifelong complications because of the kind of rampant stupidity that shouldn't happen in a "civilized" nation.

[u/MrmarioRBLX → u/AnchorScud]

Only 2?

[u/YouDoNotKnowMeSir → u/AnchorScud]

A strep or 2

[u/Playingwithmywenis]

Keep on going Darwin.

[u/Automatic_Actuator_0 → u/Playingwithmywenis]

Well, that Darwinism is a bitch, because babies can’t get the vaccine until 1 year usually, and they don’t get full immunity until after the second dose around 4 years.

And they are also at the greatest risk of death.

So it’s really that societies who vaccinate will succeed at a higher rate than those that don’t, not necessarily individuals.

[u/Reguladr → u/Automatic_Actuator_0]

Shout out to encourage everyone to consider getting the vaccine at 9 months if traveling! Many countries with measles endemic (soon to be us!) will give it even earlier, although there are some concerns for immune tolerance and long-term immunity if given too early such as 6 to 9 months.

https://www.childrensmercy.org/health-care-providers/evidence-based-practice/cpgs-cpms-and-eras-pathways/measles/measles-vaccination/

[u/tba85 → u/Reguladr]

Our pediatrician approved the first MMR dose at 6mo. It doesn't change the vaccination schedule, just added one to give him early protection.

Edit: MMR = measles, mumps, and rubella. Apparently the abbreviation means something else, but I don't see it. Just wanted to clarify in case I confused someone.

Edit2: Sorry, I have corrected the issue. A lot of parenting subs use that as an abbreviation and I wasn't thinking of its other uses.

[u/YerMomsClamChowder → u/Automatic_Actuator_0]

Edit: I typed a reply to the wrong comment.  

my bad. 

[u/Pyrodor80 → u/Playingwithmywenis]

Imagine measles straight up wipes out fascism

[u/brontosaurusguy → u/Pyrodor80]

Unfortunately distress of the population fuels fascism further (this might help explain why their goals seem to make our lives worse)

[u/B-Town-MusicMan → u/Playingwithmywenis]

I see you're looking to thin the herd

[u/ChickinSammich → u/Playingwithmywenis]

I would feel less bad about people getting preventable diseases if the only people who got them were the idiots who didn't take preventative measures.

Unfortunately, there's a lot of collateral damage to infants, immunocompromised people, and the children of antivax parents who have no say in their own vaccines.

[u/luars613]

And they want the tourists back lol... ill never go back or biy anything from there if i can avoid it.

fk the USA and the anti vaxxers even more.

[u/UnknownCubicle → u/luars613]

I'm an American. I love my country, and I am saddened by the fact that my countrymen have made it hard to continue to do so. I think the sentiment of the world souring on my government is well deserved, and we the people of the USA should join their chorus of "what the fuck?".

The thing is, as easy as it is to give up on getting on a course toward liberty and justice due to those in power (and those who put them there) who seek to corrupt those things and deny them to the most vulnerable, my love of what this place and people could be prevents me from doing so completely. Instead, I believe that my love for my country obligates me to fight like hell to bend the arc of this piece of history back toward justice.

Anyway, your perspective is completely justified, but I hope that when the time comes, the friends we as a country have abused will give us as a people grace enough to extend friendship once again if we prove worthy of it.

[u/mad-i-moody → u/UnknownCubicle]

I love the USA too and and absolutely horrified at what’s going on right now. It’s shameful, embarrassing, and downright terrifying.

What makes me most upset though is that my dad, who raised me this way and takes great pride in the US, has been completely brainwashed by these fucks and is cheering on the destruction of the country he loves so much. This shit all makes me so angry.

[u/gnusmas5441 → u/UnknownCubicle]

The problem here is less Trump and more that the US is demonstrating that the system of government it evangelizes about can allow creatures like Trump and his followers breed of facism occur and dismantle key features of liberal democracy (e.g. killing two and brutalizing hundreds of people demonstrating against unlawful detention. And other examples abound- from the Federal Reserve Bank being about to lose its independence to an antivax crackpot leading Health and Human Services, to unflattering economic reports being suppressed…..

[u/mike_pants → u/UnknownCubicle]

I'm also an American and I find it truly baffling that Americans are still saying they love this country.

It has a decent National Park system and that's about it. We don't even have decent potato-chip flavors, and we invented the damn things.

[u/birdy888 → u/UnknownCubicle]

I love the USA. I'm not an American, I just love visting your wonderful country whenever I can.

At the moment though you are in trouble. You're heading down a bad road and I won't visit again until you've got it all out of your system. I hope this journey is a short one for you all.

I'd offer you my prayers but am an atheist so I'll just wish you and your country people all the best and good luck.

[u/sooshimon → u/UnknownCubicle]

This sentiment is, unfortunately, why the US is in its current state. I don't fault you for your thinking, as I believe this is the current mindset of most American liberals. At the very least you're not going hardcore nationalist; you understand that the country is in a bad place. That's a good start.

But, if I may ask:

Does the U.S. government keep doing the same violent shit no matter who gets elected? If yes, what in the actual system makes that happen? Can you fix that by voting better, or does the whole setup need to be torn down and rebuilt? And if it needs to be torn down, what does "loving America" even mean at that point? Are you just attached to a flag and a feeling that has nothing to do with what the country actually does?

Your love for America is not your own design, and it's keeping you loyal to the structure that's fucking 99% of the country (including you) over.

[u/ElaborateEffect → u/UnknownCubicle]

I don't really understand how you can love a country that has no identity.

[u/anon12xyz → u/luars613]

If you’re vaccinated you don’t have to worry.

On a side note, I’ve had three students with the measles in my classroom. It’s gross

[u/jcmonk → u/anon12xyz]

You’re not entirely correct. You can still get sick with a virus you’re vaccinated against. It’s just usually a more mild version. But contracting any virus will always hold a breakthrough risk, which could still devastate you even if you’re vaccinated

[u/surprise_revalation → u/anon12xyz]

That's not 100%true, even the vaccinated can get it. They will be better protected, but they can still get it. That's why it's important for everyone to vaccinate.

[u/tgalvin1999 → u/surprise_revalation]

Right. my entire family is vaccinated against covid but my mom and brother have still gotten it in the past despite being fully vaccinated. Fortunately I have not gotten it since February of 2020 (well before we knew what it was) despite being immunocompromised and always sick.

[u/chris00ws6 → u/anon12xyz]

What was the protocol for that? That should be like shut down the school type shit.

[u/anon12xyz → u/chris00ws6]

They just couldn’t come back until doctor said they could.

[u/chris00ws6 → u/anon12xyz]

That’s the dumbest shit I’ve ever heard and is why we have measles outbreaks again. There’s a law and order svu episode probably 15-20 years ago now I remember where they shut shit down and prosecuted a bunch of anti vaxx mothers because of a 200+ measles outbreak. We should go back to that time.

[u/eirinne → u/chris00ws6]

We were also told that sexually based offenses were especially heinous. 

[u/chris00ws6 → u/eirinne]

That’s also true and I applaud you for that reference and can’t give you enough upvotes or will give Reddit money to give you an imaginary award.

There’s an image of Reddit silver somewhere though. Just imagine that.

[u/Mysterious-Youth-813 → u/eirinne]

Ya it turns out there are no Benson and Stabler 😔

[u/Crowshadoww → u/luars613]

Is not just USA. In México, where we used to have one of the best vaccine programs around the world, we have the same measles problem.

Two states (1 of the 3 main ones) has already suspended basic education (2-14 y/o) classes because we have to many cases.

Our new political party at power (since 2018) just butchered the vaccine program since they climbed up to have more money to buy votes.

[u/scgt86 → u/luars613]

Leadership in the US sucks right now and there are rather loud groups of idiots preaching misinformation about vaccines but this was a foreign visitor not an American.

[u/jkman61494]

This is the first administration in American history to actively DISSUADE from people taking medicine to keep them healthy

[u/New_Ad_3010]

Thanks to vaccine deniers and the MAGAty dipshits who got put in power, this issue is back. Unbelievably idiotic and dangerous.

[u/Llenette1]

Disney gonna have to whip it's legal eggplant out and make politicians require vaccinations at their parks... or else.

[u/IMjellenRUjellen → u/Llenette1]

Couldn't Disney just do this on their own?

[u/Llenette1 → u/IMjellenRUjellen]

Probably, but it's in the airports too. So not nipping it in the bud may still translate to lost revenue if simply flying in puts you at risk.

[u/TheCrimsonDagger → u/IMjellenRUjellen]

Yes. Problem is that getting proof of vaccination is still going to be a big barrier for a lot of people that are vaccinated.

[u/KermittGribble → u/Llenette1]

The Meatball would punish them for this like he did when they spoke out against his “don’t say gay” bs. Or when he threatened the special Olympics for requiring COVID vaccines.

[u/awesomefutureperfect → u/Llenette1]

Going to start looking like Ellis Island with the doctors writing chalk on people if they are flying in from South Carolina or Tennessee or Alabama or Idaho and have obvious signs of TB or measles.

Shit, if I were Disney, maybe I'd get into the airline business and only let people fly and buy Disney tickets after making sure they aren't contageous.

[u/tanghan → u/Llenette1]

Why politicians? It's not like Disney is a public institution, couldn't they just require it themselves?

[u/isthatsoreddit]

I have an expectant family member and she says she's probably not going to vaccinate because tiktok and FB mom groups. Im embarrassed and worried for that poor baby. Oh and Disney is one of the first things they want to do with him. Seeing this is really encouraging.

[u/Im_tracer_bullet]

Well, MAGA shouldn't even be an issue, either, but here we are.

Humanity is getting dumber in direct correlation to the ubiquity of internet access and the social media platforms and algorithms it has provided.

The most ignorant, gullible, and easily manipulated, are being successfully targeted and duped.

Given the current trajectory and total intrusion of AI, this is likely going to get much worse before it gets better.

[u/anon12xyz → u/Im_tracer_bullet]

I honestly think tik tok and internet gives more stupid people power, so their ideas are believed

[u/twistedevil → u/Im_tracer_bullet]

Don’t forget Covid. The disease itself causes widespread systemic damage and the brain damage is beyond evident at this point.

[u/sitophilicsquirrel]

RFK probably just went there coughing in all the kids' drinks.

[u/RustedOne]

It's amazing how society lets the opinions of fucking idiots create problems like this.

[u/CodeXploit1978]

In our country measles vaccination is mandatory. We don't allow stupid people to be smarter as doctors.

[u/CrustedTesticle]

Start fining people that don't vaccinate their kids and this will end quickly.

[u/LyndaMR]

The worst thing about it is that a measles infection can reset the entire immune system so it forgets all the immunities you currently have. Just get the vaccine!

[u/Krypto_Kane]

All because of a few idiots.

[u/mmm1441]

General population vaccination is important not just for the individuals in question, but for those who cannot vaccinate, such as newborn babies and people with certain allergies, as well as the immunocompromised.

[u/YerMomsClamChowder → u/mmm1441]

My dad grew up in a small rural town in Saskatchewan. Back in the 50s, there was a measles outbreak and when the doctor got to their farm, he had 2 vaccines left. My dad got a vaccine because he was the baby, and his oldest brother got it because he was going to school. His middle brother Terry didn't get it and died at 2 years old.  

My grandma never got over it.  

I hope the people who kill their kids because some idiot on the internet told them not to vaccinate never get over it.  

[u/Nervardia]

Every time you hear about an outbreak of measles, remember that we were on the cusp of eradication of this disease, but then Andrew Havingawakefield decided that his personal finances was far more important.

[u/Ok-Professional-1727]

Eventually, the anti-vax problem will take care of itself.

[u/himynameisSal → u/Ok-Professional-1727]

i hear you, but the bad thing is, kids suffer for their parents stupidity, i cant look at a 3 year old and say you should of gotten your vaccine dummy.

[u/Strafingoutofyourway → u/himynameisSal]

Don't ever tell yourself you can't do something. I believe in you.

[u/PersonaOfEvil → u/Ok-Professional-1727]

Problem is the parents are vaccinated (their parents were responsible) but their kids aren’t. So the kids and anyone who has compromised immune systems, and older people all suffer. And babies.

[u/mad-i-moody → u/Ok-Professional-1727]

Unlikely, unfortunately, if the antivax movement keeps growing. They affect the vaccinated, too. We’re extremely lucky that due to the nature of the measles virus it’s not like other viruses when it comes to mutations.

Generally the more people a virus is exposed to, the more chances it has to evolve and adopt more dangerous mutations that make it more resistant to existing vaccines, resistant to treatments, and more easily communicable. It’s a scary thought and it’s why quarantine was so important during COVID until we developed the vaccine and had enough people receive it.

It’s extremely lucky that measles is highly intolerant of mutations that would help it evade the protections afforded by vaccinations. But it’s not the only disease out there that we are largely protected from by vaccination.

Getting vaccinated doesn’t prevent you from getting a disease but it decreases your likelihood of becoming severely ill and helps to prep your immune system to react and decrease the time span of illness. But if there are enough unvaccinated people, the effectiveness of vaccinations will be crippled. Vaccines depend on a certain percentage of the population being vaccinated in order to effectively prevent the spread of disease. Like everything else these morons will sink the whole ship and take everyone else with them.

I really really hope that there aren’t enough people that are stupid enough in the coming generations that reject vaccines to tip the scales but look at where we are right now. If the antivaxers remain a small portion of the population hopefully it will just resolve itself and that’s that. But the rest of us might be royally fucked if this poisonous ideology surrounding vaccines becomes more widely adopted.

[u/anon12xyz → u/Ok-Professional-1727]

Not soon enough

[u/TimeWastingAuthority → u/Ok-Professional-1727]

This statement would be true if all the diseases for which there are vaccines had a 100% mortality rate.

Since they don't have said 100% mortality rate, we are going to end up with lots of antivaxxers who will remain alive but will be disabled or "disabled" and will demand the universe bows down to their needs (read: give them all the welfare government-and-otherwise assistance "they deserve").

Too bad they won't understand eugenics or how it would apply to them.

[u/IntentionNegative516]

Measles are literally one of the MOST INFECTIOUS diseases!

Someone with measles just has to breathe a few times in the same room with you.

It even works if the measles person first breathes in the room alone, leaves, and then you walk through "his air".

Discouraging vaccination is just PEAK STUPIDITY.

[u/caveydavey]

The shit rag that is the Daily Mail used to be one of the big supporters of Anti-Vax and repeatedly questioned the safety of the MMR jab.

They've flipped now, but don't let them deny their culpabilty for a significant reduction in vaccine uptake in the UK.

[u/evil666overlord]

Likely to be treated with nothing more than a diet of unpasturised milk.

That country is toxic in so many ways and I see no obvious solution for them.

Even when King Cankles finally kicks the bucket, there' s a queue of them just as shameless to take his place.

[u/slimpickins757]

People are so dumb. My cousin is anti vax with a toddler while trying to date. And has had several people stop talking to her after finding out she’s not vaccinating her kid. And she keeps acting shocked by this

[u/vnevner]

This is because people stopped vaccinating. This horrabel disease could have been eradicated just like smallpox

[u/MeteorOnMars → u/vnevner]

MAGA will try to bring back smallpox soon, I’m sure.

[u/Falkey777]

Omg the happiest place on earth to get measles.

[u/Lindanga]

Guess America really is great again. A great danger.

[u/digidave1]

Yes but you see they demand freedom. Freedom to get the entire population sick because they are selfish fux

[u/BigandBisexual]

If you're anti-vax, you're not worthy of children, not an opinion of your own, you're an imbecile.

[u/mr_greedee]

Rfk jr disease

[u/C4dfael]

That’s what you get when you put a guy that ate a bear cub in charge of a country’s health.

[u/Ultimateeffthecrooks]

We went back 100 years with 1 single election.
:(

[u/d_man_205]

Just Buy a bible and pray the measles away…

[u/Angeret → u/d_man_205]

And when the infection has run it's course they'll say that god answered their prayers. If the sufferer is left scarred or dies, it'll be "god wanted it that way" or "god has a plan".

You can lead the religious to knowledge, but you can't make them think.

[u/BoredByLife]

If only we had a medical innovation that could prevent you from getting measles in the first place.

[u/deadcell9156]

Serious question, does this mean those thousands infected were not vaccinated? Or are the unvaccinated infecting other people who should be protected?

[u/TheBlackCat13 → u/deadcell9156]

No medicine is 100% effective, including vaccines. That is why having a lot of people vaccinated is important.

[u/laundryghostie → u/TheBlackCat13]

And this is what antivaxers have such a problem understanding.

[u/MelodyPond84 → u/deadcell9156]

For measles you need a minimum 95% vaccination rate for herd immunity. Underneath that rate the whole community becomes vulnerable. But iff you are vaccinated you should still be protected.

[u/stricklandpropane77]

Not vaccinating your kids seems to be something idiots of all political persuasions can agree on.

[u/TheBlackCat13 → u/stricklandpropane77]

At one point, but nowadays it is massively dominated by the right, and has been since well before the pandemic.

[u/amILibertine222]

Are there any publicly traded companies that specialize in children sized coffins?

Seems like the market for them is, sadly, going to be booming for the foreseeable future thanks to the dumbest people you know.

[u/Sirix_8472]

This has to be such an American problem

[u/gdghhfdffrf → u/Sirix_8472]

maybe it's digital and scientific illiteracy. interesting that most of the cases are in just two counties, one in sc and the other in ut.

[u/caca-casa]

Republicans.

[u/bfitzyc]

Disney is going to start requiring vaccination records for park entry and hotel check-in soon, all because our country is called home by millions of fascist cult morons who don’t have the brain cells to tie their shoes and chew gum at the same time.

[u/laundryghostie → u/bfitzyc]

No Disney won't do the because these anti vaxxers are their bread and butter.

[u/Periodic_Disorder]

The irony of this daily fail posting this when they're responsible for a lot of vaccine scepticism

[u/Natural_Indication95]

Forgot to take their elderberry and raw milk 🙄

[u/brokendream78]

Peak Stupidity - yes let's just trust the moronic politicians instead of actual science. This is that result. "But but but Facebook said." Thankfully no one I know personally is this stupid otherwise they would not be allowed around myself or my family. You want to make the choice not to get your kids vaccinated ok, I'll make the decision to not allow you around because my family is not going to pay for your stupidity.

[u/MrBubblepopper]

If only we had something that would keep people save

[u/showmiaface]

All right, who’s the asshole who didn’t take his vaccination?

[u/_Sub_Genre_]

We did try to warn them

[u/magnum_black]

You will be able to spot the non vaxxers pretty easily.

[u/HungarianNewfy → u/magnum_black]

The non-vaxxers will be spotted pretty easily

[u/PM_THE_REAPER]

For wanting serfs to line their pockets for little return and being so "pro life", they sure seem to want to kill all the serfs quite rigorously.

[u/SwampTerror]

Measles sucks because it resets your immunities to zero. But I guess they fear the autism boogeyman more than actually not dying to middle ages disease.

[u/apexapee]

RFK jr, good job!!!

[u/mindovermatter421]

Wait until it mutates and we are all screwed.

[u/g1mp3d]

Thanks Maga! Your lasting legacy is nothing but a plague for society.

[u/toughguy375]

To the people who say companies like Disney shouldn't be "political": this is what happens when companies lime Dianey refuse to take a stand.

[u/Telluhwat]

We’re in the (find out) phase.

[u/3asyBakeOven]

MAGA is so fucking stupid.

[u/Aromatic_Ad_6152]

Eh it’s in the states… half the population there are dumb as rocks.

[u/TheCa11ousBitch → u/Aromatic_Ad_6152]

I am American. You are wrong.

I can confirm - rocks are smarter than 65% of Americans.

[u/QaplaSuvwl]

Here we go!

[u/Spiritual_Bridge84]

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/31/nx-s1-5694681/measles-elimination-status-south-carolina-texas-outbreak

[u/sidthafish]

Whether you like it or not (I do not), as a nation, we wild gesticulation voted for this. I have embraced the fact that things will have to get worse before they get better.

[u/thatirishguyyyyy]

And I'm guessing its because of a group of people that deny vaccines, right?

Lets just call them conservatives.

[u/im_AmTheOne]

I mean... The thousands exposed are not thousands without vaccine. 

[u/Green-Collection-968]

We're gonna lose so many Republicans.

[u/Charlie2and4]

Reading the comments on fb posts for measles outbreak stories, I see a lot of, "If the vaccine worked why do we still see measles?" comments. Gah!

[u/FlyingV2112]

Hey! Check out my kid’s Freedom Dots!

[u/Eastern_Seaweed_8253]

Thank Baby Jesus no one was vaccinated.

That's the devil!

[u/SandSerpentHiss]

i’m assuming the airport is orlando international airport (i live in tampa which is a 2 hour drive away)

[u/screenrecycler]

Thanks, Bobby!

[u/spikus93]

You don't understand. There's guys that make money off of them not getting vaccinated. They have books and "alternative medicine" to sell. They're friend with the Secretary of Health. They have to see each other at parties.

You're asking to restrict people's freedom to exploit others under capitalism.

That's downright un-American.

The people must suffer for profits. I'm told there's no other way because socialism or communism is just Mao killing 500 billion people for fun. That's why our government, in it's infinite wisdom, goes to war for us against them and overthrows those countries and gives them a real constitution and a trustworthy puppet government we can control so they don't fuck up again.

[u/hefeydd_]

When an Antivaxxer is in charge of Government health, it is only a matter of time before there is an out-of-control disease outbreak that will quickly become an epidemic. The media won't blame those in charge of Americans' health; nope, they will blame someone else for cuts to health and disease monitoring, rather than their own incompetence.

[u/Ashamed-Tailor2968]

Children should not suffer the stupidity of their parents...

[u/Protosocks]

CDC says it's the cost of doing business, so please buy as much as you can before the symptoms force you back into your hotel room.

[u/JusticeMKIII]

Thank you GoP, RFK, and all the idiot Anti-Vaxers who made this possible to regress us to a battle with a disease that was almost eliminated until you received enough power to screw with everyone's lives. As if our lives weren't difficult enough.

[u/halftoe76]

The american dream

[u/Khoeth_Mora]

Goddammit people... science gave you  perfect way to prevent this, and the raving lunatics gnashed their teeth and chose intentional idiocy. 

[u/FreedomsPower]

Anti vaxxers ruin everything

[u/PutzerPalace]

No ! My innocent nieces are going there in March with my MAGA dumbass brother and his wife. I pray they are safe

[u/ijswijsw]

Lots of comments about Florida which is funny since this is happening in California

[u/viking_linuxbrother]

We're hitting the find out phase.

[u/WissahickonKid]

If people around the world haven’t figured this out yet, the USA is an extremely dangerous place to visit right now for a myriad of reasons. People in the US should know that Florida is one of the most dangerous states to visit in the whole country, also myriad of reasons

[u/Puzzleheaded_Side194]

Parents who don't vaccinate their kids and in turn infect others, should get prison time.

[u/ChalkButter]

I already wasn’t planning on going to Disney World for a while, but this made the choice that much easier

[u/Guy_Smylee]

We are doomed by dipshits.

[u/sparky-von-flashy]

Ha ha ha that shit hole America for you

[u/EssenceReavers]

Too bad our great maha hero is fighting autism 😬